In his directorial debut, James Livitski’s Lasagna Run is his way of confronting his lifelong anxiety by turning it into a short film.
The film opens as a love letter to anxiety, and barely gives you a chance to catch your breath before going 100 MPH. Connie (Danielle Pollari) is having a normal day until it hits her like a lightning bolt — she’s supposed to bring a lasagna to the neighborhood potluck, and she’s cutting it close. She books it to the kitchen, pulls the tray out of the oven, and takes off with the clock already working against her.
Connie (Danielle Pollari) glares in frustration in a close-up from Lasagna Run.
“She books it to the kitchen, pulls the tray out of the oven, and takes off with the clock already working against her.”
With no car in sight, Connie’s stuck running the whole way there, overcoming every obstacle and crossing every terrain. But can she deliver the lasagna on time?
Running at a hyper-pace of three and a half minutes, Lasagna Run evokes the feelings of what it’s like to do everyday tasks while living with high-level anxiety. The goal is always out of reach; the importance of success is overinflated. Poor Connie. Actor Danielle Pollari is getting her cardio in for this one. Sometimes you have to laugh about it, and that’s precisely what Lasagna Run does.
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"…opens as a love letter to anxiety…"
